Blinded by the Light: The Movie
Lori and I went to see "Blinded by the Light" this evening, in a "Springsteen Fan Event" at a local theater. There were maybe 40 people there, but that was hardly the point of it all: It was validation night! A motion picture, distributed by Warner Brothers, that gets it. The fist and most obvious question to ask is, "if I'm not a big Springsteen fan, will I like this movie?" To which the only answer I can give is, "how the hell would I know?" With that out of the way, I'll add, " go see it." This coming-of-age movie through the words and music of Bruce Springsteen is overstuffed with set pieces, is unabashed in its hero worship, and yet it still mostly works. It's based on Sarfraz Manzoor's book Greetings from Bury Park: A Memoir and directed by Gurinder Chadha ( Bend It Like Beckham ), and we can sum it up as: boy lives a miserable lonely life (read: no girlfriend) with an overbearing father, has little m